Episode 41: Elaine May - A New Leaf and Mikey and Nicky

NOTE: This episode was originally supposed to be out in April.

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- ⁠⁠⁠a film writer for Film Obsessive⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠a blogger⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠YouTuber⁠⁠⁠ -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for ⁠⁠⁠FThisMovie.com⁠⁠⁠, look at two films from comedian, actress, writer, and director Elaine May. A New Leaf (1971) stars her and Walter Matthau in a romantic dark comedy and Mikey and Nicky (1976) co-stars Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in a gangster drama. Tim and Rosalie discuss May's twist's on these well-trodden genres and May's clashes with her studio. You can find A New Leaf through Olive Film's Olive Signature Collection and Mikey and Nicky through The Criterion Collection.